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A man who threw a party for a friend in a punk-rock band that has been critical of Fidel Castro says that he has been the target of a 'psychological' campaign of intimidation.

At the summit of the Group of 77+China, held June 14-15 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, [Uruguayan] President Jos Mujica took a key step toward an improvement in U.S.-Cuba relations and the end of the embargo that the U.S. has maintained against the island for more than 50 years, reports [the weekly] Bsqueda this morning [June 19].

It's not often that North Korean-flagged freighters turn up near America's shores, but when they do, they deserve attention.

Pressure from some Florida members of Congress is making it harder to travel to Cuba even as thousands of their constituents line up to fly to the forbidden island.

Cuban authorities arrested an unusually large group of about 100 dissident marchers Sunday, breaking up a march by the Ladies in White opposition activists.

"At the request of the Cuban Sports Ministry we have started very interesting work in prisons," reports Rafael Torres Miranda of the Academia Cubana de Go.

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Ocean State Theatre's production of Guys and Dolls is sure to be a summertime hit for the Company.

In a scene out of the Cold War, Cuban President Raul Castro and ailing brother Fidel met with the current leader of the communist island's longtime economic benefactor, the state press reported Saturday.

They have the distinction of being the only Malaysians detained in the Guantanamo Bay detention centre for the last eight years.

The United Nations warned President Juan Manuel Santos Thursday that Colombia's ongoing peace process with the FARC rebel group, the country's largest, will not be sufficient to adress the deepening humanitarian crisis in the northwest of the country, reported local media UN Human Rights High Commissioner Todd Howland deplored the ongoing violence ... (more)

July 13 marks the 20th anniversay of the 13th-of-March* tugboat crime against a boat that carried 72 Cubans, sunk by the Cuban regime off the Havana Bay to prevent their escaping to the United States coast.

Send them to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. That's what President Obama should do with the children surging across our country's borders in search of a better life.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner smile for the cameras in St. Petersburg in September of last year.

Francisco Serrano, 17, an aspiring ballet dancer from Sarasota, performs at Havana's National Theater during an international ballet competition in Cuba, the land of his parents' birth.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, and Cuba's President Raul Castro embrace at Revolution Palace in Havana, Cuba, Friday, July 11, 2014.

Erislandy Lara has said he doesn't owe Canelo Alvarez anything other than left hands as he prepares do battle with the Mexican superstar this weekend.

U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for five years, appeared smiling alongside an alleged Haqqani commander in a photo posted on a Twitter account purporting to be from the Afghan Taliban.

Sunset & Buenos Aires & 9 de Julio Avenue & Evita & Would Cup Photo taken yesterday at 5.45, minutes before the first part of the football match between Holland and Argentina ended Allegorically the avenue was dark while there were some sun still at the high, half and half, good time for a shot About the Photo Taken once more at 9 de Julio Avenue, ... (more)

Just steps from the Florida Straits, dozens of vehicles sit covered in grime and baking in the Caribbean sun.